Coughlin Timothy L Esq

. In spite of the South's shortage of manpower until 1865 most Southern leaders opposed arming slaves as soldiers However a few Confederates discussed arming slaves Finally in early 1865 General Robert E Lee said black soldiers were essential and legislation was passed the first black units were in training when the war ended in April. Religion International Organization for Standardization: Geneva, Schools of thought[show] Star of the West, The Blodget Hotel which housed the US Patent Office; spared during the burning of Washington in 1814 the Patent Office later burned in 1836.

. Fort Sumter's commander Major Robert Anderson sent a request for provisions to Washington and the execution of Lincoln's order to meet that request was seen by the secessionists as an act of war On April 12 1861 Confederate forces fired on Union troops at Fort Sumter and began the fight Historian Allan Nevins argued that the newly inaugurated Lincoln made three miscalculations: underestimating the gravity of the crisis exaggerating the strength of Unionist sentiment in the South and not realizing the Southern Unionists were insisting there be no invasion.:5:29. . .